IDSP Academic Prospectus

Course Announcment for 2010

Development Studies Courses

Tuesday, 28 April 2009 07:45
administrator

In 2007 IDSP conducted four theory and practice based courses in the
Pishin, Khuzdar, Sibi and Mastung Districts The Course on Development
practices studies is aimed at young people across Pakistan to nurture
the analytical thinking and practice building partnerships with
communities and individuals, the other related practice is in research
skills. These courses are designed to engage young men and women in
various communities of Pakistan to help in their understanding of the
contemporary social, cultural and community development issues and
challenges for generating informed and need based responses.

Mainstreaming
Gender and Development

Tuesday, 28 April 2009 07:53
administrator

The courses on gender mainstreaming in development are aimed to develop
critically conscious, active and skilled women leadership who can
analyze and articulate the complex issues of Democracy, human rights
and development and can generate actions for ensuring women active
participation in the decision making at various levels.

Profile of the ParticipantsWomen(aged
20-35) from the particular districts are encouraged to apply for the
internship ffered from IDSP. The young women with basic literacy in any
language can apply for the course. The course provided spaces to 55
women in the four districts of Balochsitan which includes Pishin,
Khzdar, Sibi and Mustung.

Professional
Development Course

Tuesday, 28 April 2009 07:55
administrator

The Approach

IDSP mainly focus on the
individuals to emerge as vital pillars for establishing learning
spaces, programs and institutions. The integration of individual's
passions and profession is supposed to be the central element for
attaining this goal. In this connection, IDSP has offered fellowships
to individuals, who want to learn and practice leadership in
development as their profession of livelihoods.

As vertical
growth each fellow goes through learning phases by entering as intern
then gradates as research and teaching coordinator, and then becomes a
faculty member, then goes in learning programming as program director,
take up associate directorship to learn integration of practices
,programs into institution building.

Objectives: To generate extensive discourse on the
principal themes of a) understanding development issues, b)
creating tools for reflection within communities and c) generating
indigenous, sustainable and generative actions for
self-relianceEngaging various themes grounded in human and
development, and various research methodologies to contextualize
individual work for communitiesBuilding capacities and skills
to articulate complex development scenario through reflections,
presentations and quantitative analysis, and computer skillsTo
generate local case studies in the frame work of themes from
different area of Pakistan which will be helpful for analyzing
development paradigms in PakistanWhat Kind of Courses
we Offer?IDSP offers unique, creative and reflective
course for bolstering the intellectual and technical capacities of
different groups of motivated individuals from various fields of
education, research and development. It equips learners with
knowledge, understanding, skills and values to work for a people
centered and low cost community development and change models.
This course offers advanced study in peer groups with
education and community development professionals, experienced
teaching staff and field practice supervisors. The different NGOs,
educational institutes and universities have already appreciated
this course as government of Balochistan has donated land for the
campus.

Enabling youth for Peace and
Pluralism

Mainstreaming Gender in
Development.

Community Development Courses.

Diploma in the Development Studies.

What is the Conceptual Framework?
The conceptual framework
of the learning processes consists of following salient
features.
Connecting self to the World: Social entrepreneur
will be encouraged to analyze and develop an understanding of, and
ability to communicate, their personal reality, including self,
family, and community, provincial, national and international
perspectives. It will include cumulative theory, practice,
reflection and reviews sessions.
Practicing the Connections:
Understanding the historical, political, economic and social
development of the world and connecting this to today’s complex
personal and global realities. This segment will develop the
connection of an individual to the glob through all the logical
links, it carries intense readings exercises, discussions, field
exposures and, simulation exercise.
Family Development: This
segment of the learning process helps in the understanding of
family as the basic institution for civil society development and
growth, focusing on the practice of self discipline and engaging
with ordinary people especially women, young girls and small
children in communities.

Conceptualizing Social Development
Projects: In this particular segment each Learner/Social
entrepreneurs develop a conceptual framework for his/her own
development processes and projects. The Social entrepreneurs
reconcile the over all theoretical and practice learning and
translate it in a formal practice plan. The plan tends to create
and develop innovative and sustainable models of livelihood,
education and justice.
In order to translate the Retreat
lessons into planning and practice, a strategic planning exercise
was initiated by IDSP which give logical emergence to Its
different programs.

The Key Modules:
This course
offers advanced study in peer groups with education and community
development professionals, experienced teaching staff and field
practice supervisors. The different NGOs, educational institutes
and universities have already appreciated this course as
government of Balochistan has donated land for the campus of IDSP.Course modules:

* Discipline, love and Dedication
to reality.

* Self growth and Sensitization
for behavioral change.

* Introduction to gender basic
concepts

* Transforming the learning
relationship through mentoring approach.

* Gender and Development

* Political, Social and Economic
Analysis Tools

* The Gender dimension of Islam;
issues and perspectives.

* Development with out
empowerment”; the case of Pakistan.

* Power structures in the gender
lens.

* Critical Pedagogy

* Political economy of the
resistance based activism.

* Analysis of prevailing
pathologies in socio-cultural Paradigms.

* Colonial and Imperialist basis
of leading development practices.

* Transformation, Liberation and
Development (Islamic Concept)

* Political economy of
institutionalization

* Alternative prospects of
development and social change

* Participatory Reflection and
Action

* Human Relation Training &
Knowledge

* Organizational Development and
Management

* Action Research

How we conduct the Courses ?The theory and
practice based courses compulsory residential, all the learners
Male and female are provided with segregated residential
opportunity from Institute.The individual have to participate
and contribute as active learners in the learning discourse. A
routine day learning processes during the residential courses is
as under.